Snippets: July 2009

Friday, July 31, 2009

Online security enhanced for credit cards::: 1st August :: India.

In one of its recent announcements RBI has stated that come August all online credit and debit transactions will need to go through one more step before they can be completed successfully.
So apart from the details such as the card number, expiry date and the three digit CVV security code that needs to keyed in, it has been made mandatory for the card holder to provide further inputs that indicate a security code or some other data that will enable him or her to complete the transaction.
RBI has also made it compulsory for all transactions that exceed Rs 5,000 to intimated to the card holder through an online alert system.

Banks that do not adhere to these rules will be penalized under the Payment and Settlement Systems Act 2007 states RBI in its directive issued on Feb 18,2009.
Though such measures are already being practiced by several banks including mobile alerts for every transaction that takes place using the card be it an ATM withdrawal or card payment, this being made mandatory will make it a uniform practice for all banks and check the rising incidence of fraudulent online transactions.
However certain secure codes employed need the co-operation and implementation of all the parties involved in the entire transaction namely the card company, the online retail merchant and the bank which receives the money once the purchase is confirmed.

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Bipasa Basu ::: Quotes

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Dhoom 2 ( Abhishek Bachchan , Uday Chopra , Hrithik Roshan , Bipasha Basu , Aishwarya Rai )

Corporate ( Kay Kay Menon , Minissha Lamba , Bipasha Basu , Sammir Dattani , Rajat Kapoor , Raj Babbar )

No Entry ( Anil Kapoor , Lara Dutta , Bipasha Basu , Esha Deol , Salman Khan , Fardeen Khan )

Jism ( Bipasha Basu , John Abraham , Gulshan Grover )

Raaz ( Dino Morea , Bipasha Basu )

Ajnabee ( Bobby Deol , Bipasa Basu , Kareena Kapoor , Akshay Kumar )

Bipasha Basu quotes

# “I was never meant to be beautiful. I was a short, dark and round girl. Nobody thought I was pretty at all. Cruel jokes have been made about it. I think most people were surprised by the way I looked.”

# “Sexy in India, is not considered positive. But, with today’s crop of fresh faces, in the modelling arena, being sexy is an asset, so let’s hope for the best. ”

# “I feel as if I am a good human being. The kind of work that the sex workers and the NGO’s are doing is commendable, I salute them.” [about working for social awareness against AIDS]

# “If a girl wears a shirt and a skirt, does she become more sensuous? I think a girl in a sari is more sensuous than a girl in a skirt. In my opinion, a wet sari is the most sensuous.”

# “Every other girl is taking off her clothes just for the heck of it and I don’t want to be in that category. I can never be cheap or vulgar.”

# “I already have a dream man (John) but if I had to make a choice, I wouldn’t mind someone like Brad Pitt! I would like him to have qualities like my father, very chilled-out, because I’m over sensitive and hyper and I want someone who is very calm with a great sense of humor. Someone who has energy like me, who can work the whole day and party right through the night and have a blast without a bother, someone who is very secure and confident of his woman.”

# “I have always believed that if you need to take your clothes off to get your man, you’ve begun to lose the battle. If you pull it off right, you can do it in a very classy way.”

# “I actually wanted to be a doctor. But doing all those horrid rat dissections made me faint. I studied science till the 12th standard and later took up commerce. I was planning to do chartered accountancy, but fate had something else in store for me.”

# “I am the boss in my life. I decide when to charge more and when not to. I live in my own zone. I don’t hurt anyone and I am very transparent. I don’t keep people hanging in life.”

# “Somebody cheated me when I was a young model. I had a bad experience, and was running from court to court. So I understand what a contract is. I sit with my lawyer and chartered accountant before signing a contract. I learned very early in life how one gets cheated. So I am very careful now when it comes to money issues.”

# “An unforgettable experience happened on December 15, 1996 when I won the Supermodel contest while still in school. I was just seventeen years old then. Winning that competition was the turning point of my life. That’s how I got into modeling and later started acting.”

# “For me chilling out is when I can stay at home, order food from outside and watch a film with my friends. Listening to music and watching films are my idea of perfect relaxation.”

# “Yeah, I did a lot of ads, but my heart was not in it. I started missing my family because it was the first time I was away from them. So I happily gave it all up and came down to India”

# “I have visited Paris only once. I wasn’t romantically attached at the time. But the love I received in Paris is something I will never forget. It’s a place every woman should visit, while she’s young.”

# “I am coming from a profession that deserves respect. I also deserve respect,”

# ‘Once you enter films, your private life becomes a joke’

Health spa services by opposite sex can't be prevented: HC

http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=India&id=d84e897e-73b6-4580-9787-3ea08ccdac1f&Headline=Health+spa+services+by+opposite+sex+cant+be+prevented+HC

The Madras High Court today held that the city police had no legal right to prevent a health spa from being run by any citizen of the country even if the services were offered by members of opposite sex.

Granting an interim injunction on an application by M/s Influence Lifestyle Stores Private Ltd seeking to restraining police from interfering with the peaceful conduct of the business offering various spa therapies for both male and female by members belonging to both genders, Justice K Chandru held "there is no law regulating the field".

The Judge cited the judgements of the Supreme Court to show that "a majoritarian impulse rooted in moralistic tradition cannot impinge upon individual autonomy".

At the same time, the Judge said, the police were entitled to inspect such premises and take appropriate action according to law in cases of any criminal activities.

The Judge also referred to a judgement of the Madras High Court while dealing with the power of the police to curb immoral and indecent activities which held that "dehors (outside) the powers vested by the legislative assembly they cannot curb any activities as being immoral and courts can not clothe them with such powers".

Amend CrPC to include live-in woman as wife: Maharashtra to Centre

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Thursday, July 30, 2009

House of Lords' law function passes into history

The House of Lords will on Thursday cease to be Britain's highest court of appeal as the law lords move across the street in Westminster to a new Supreme Court, ending more than six centuries of tradition.

The creation of the Supreme Court is part of Gordon Brown government's parliamentary reform, and a law to create the Supreme Court was passed in 2005. On Thursday, the House of Lords will hear the last set of appeals as the law lords pass into history.

The 12 law lords, who constituted the highest court of appeal, will function as justices of the Supreme Court, and move from the House of Lords to the Middlesex Guildhall on Parliament Square. The court will start functioning from 1 October.

After this afternoon, the law lords will lose their right to speak and vote in the House of Lords until their retirement as justices of the new court. The creation of Supreme Court means that the judicial functions will finally be separated from Parliament, which will become a purely legislative body.

The Supreme Court's proceedings will be televised, with justices seated at eye level with the lawyers and the visiting public in the courtrooms.

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Negar's entry sets jungle on fire!- Hindustan Times

Negar's entry sets jungle on fire!- Hindustan Times

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Sunday, July 19, 2009

Carla Bruni performs at Nelson Mandela birthday concert

Carla Bruni may be the First Lady of France, but she had no chance of becoming the First Diva at Saturday's exuberant Nelson Mandela birthday concert in New York.

Bruni's first public performance since marrying French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who was in the audience, put her on stage at Radio City Music Hall along with the original "Queen of Disco" Gloria Gaynor, "Queen of Soul" Aretha Franklin and rapper Queen Latifah, not to mention Alicia Keys, Lil Kim, and Cyndia Lauper and male acts will.i.am, Wyclef Jean, Josh Groban, Jesse McCartney, and Stevie Wonder.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6719390.ece

Saturday, July 18, 2009

PM to launch Indias indigenous N-sub trials on July 26

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Marking its entry into an elite club, India will launch its first indigenous nuclear-powered submarine at Vishakapatnam sea port for trial on July 26.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will launch the submarine at the Vishakapatnam port in the presence of top Defence and Navy officials, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy told reporters here today.

Code-named Advanced Technology Vessel (ATV), India has been quite secretive about its nuclear submarine project.

To be christened INS Arihant (destroyer of enemies), the nuclear submarine is among the five in the class already approved by the government to create a strong nuclear submarine fleet.
The sea trial of the 7,000-tonne submarine will be conducted in the Bay of Bengal off Vishakapatnam, where the vessel was constructed.

Once inducted, India will join the high league comprising US, Russia, France and China, which have capabilities to develop nuclear submarines.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=HomePage&id=22e36dd3-52ec-4490-b352-52247854e2c6&Headline=PM+to+launch+indigenous+N-powered+submarine

Monday, July 13, 2009

Babe Vs Baba

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Ridiculous," says Bollywood's champion of gay rights, Celina Jaitley on how self styled 'doctors' like Baba Ramdev are claiming to 'cure' homosexuality. "With all due respects to Baba Ramdev he may have the so called 'cure' but the point is LGBT community does NOT see homosexuality as a disease.

No one is interested in buying this over-the-counter prescription for curing what is not a disease at all . It is who they are.

They are not interfering in anyone's life or religion but unfortunately everyone wants to interfere in theirs and tell them how they should eat, sleep and have sex." She adds, " People should not be judged on basis of what they do in their bedroom because if it was only about that.

some of our taxes would have to be deployed into a special bedroom vigilance force which I am sure these babas would love to lead." Calling Baba Ramdev 'Samaaj Ka Thekedaar' she feels he is a yoga teacher and should remain one.

"Just because he is a yoga maestro, he cannot and does not have the qualification or degrees to diagnose an illness without any medical background because it would fall under fake medical malpractice." Celina, says, "Even if Baba Ramdev screams from every rooftop of India, the reality is homosexuality will not cease to exist.

" When asked if she feels there is any 'cure' for ignorance, she said, "Baba Ramdev is not ignorant, he is doing whatever his remote upbringing and closed mindset is dictating him to do." Even as many in the country celebrated the recent end of a 145 year old law declaring homosexuality a crime, yoga maestro Baba Ramdev has challenged the High Court's decision and calls homosexuality a 'disease' which he can cure through yoga.

On actresses like Celina Jaitley standing up for gay rights, he says, "These actresses know nothing about Bhartiya sanskriti. They stay away from their parents and have no morals.

Unke partner har mahine badalte hai. Jiske pas jitna gyan hota hai woh itna hi sach janta hai.

Inka apna hi marg hai bus usme hi chal rahe hai." For him, homosexuality is a fall-out of blindly aping the west.

He says, "Ours is the oldest society.

we still live with the value system which was taught 1,000 years ago.

Following the western culture is not good at all. Ulti ganga beh rahi hai ab.

" Saying "homosexuality is like a virus and if it affects you, you have nowhere to go," he adds, "They (gays) are like animals who do not realise what brings happiness. They are selfish and only care about themselves and not their families.

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Short Kut

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Short Kut: The Con Is On, an Anil Kapoor Films Company presentation , was unveiled at this year’s Videocon IIFA. The hype revolving around the film is immense keeping in view the glam roles and the movie being a big budget release.

Neeraj Vora, who has penned great films like Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman, Virasat, Badshah and Pukar, had a blockbuster on his hands when he directed Phir Hera Pheri. This Friday, i.e on 08.09.2009 he promises to tickle our funny bone with Short Kut: The Con Is On, his next directorial venture.

Actress Amrita Rao, who shot to fame with her role as the traditional Indian girl in 'Vivaah', is all set to surprise her fans with an ultra-glam avatar in upcoming film 'ShortKut'.

Short Kut captures the trials and tribulations of two conmen, a struggling director and an actor. Shekhar (Akshaye Khanna), an aspiring assistant director, and Raju (Arshad Warsi), a wannabe junior artiste, are struggling to make it in the film industry. While Shekhar is supremely talented and confident, Raju is a buffoon who thinks he is God’s gift to Bollywood! As luck would have it, Raju manages to steal Shekhar’s prized script and is catapulted towards stardom. Soon Shekhar plunges into a phase of self pity and dejection, which makes his wife Mansi (Amrita Rao) leave him. Shattered, Shekhar goes hunting for a chance to get even with Raju.

Catch the movie on 08.07.2009….

Dehli Metro Crosses Dhaula Kuan

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The upcoming Metro bridge over Dhaula Kuan will add to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation’s (DMRC) already long list of technological innovations and marvels.

The 542-metre-long bridge over one of Delhi’s busiest traffic intersections is made of four special spans, the longest being 168 metres.

According to DMRC officials, this would be the longest span in India to be built using the post-tensioned continuous casting technique and will be supported on five pillars.

Unlike metro’s elevated corridors, which are constructed using pre-fabricated segments, the spans of this bridge are being cast on site.

“There is continuous movement of traffic on eight roads at this intersection and using launching girders to put pre-cast segments in place would have hampered traffic movement,” a DMRC spokesperson said.

Big B advised rest; under medical observation- Hindustan Times

Big B advised rest; under medical observation- Hindustan Times

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Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Recession-hit UK couples helping boost lingerie sales- Hindustan Times

Recession-hit UK couples helping boost lingerie sales- Hindustan Times

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Monday, July 6, 2009

Pakistan still owes India Rs 300 crore- Hindustan Times

Pakistan still owes India Rs 300 crore- Hindustan Times

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Jolie beats Aniston to become highest paid actress- Hindustan Times

Jolie beats Aniston to become highest paid actress- Hindustan Times

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Homosexuality not a taboo in Jharkhand tribe

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Homosexuality or consensual sex between two members of the same gender may have been legalised now, but among the Ho tribe of Jharkhand it has always been socially accepted. Homosexual men are called Kothi Panthis in the region. There is no shame attached to being one.

India::FBT rolled back, more Tax sops in Budget- Hindustan Times

06.07.2009

FBT rolled back, more Tax sops in Budget- Hindustan Times

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Sunday, July 5, 2009

Palin Links Resignation to \'Higher Calling\'

Palin Links Resignation to \'Higher Calling\' http://www.time.com/

New British spy chief's wife leaves him exposed on Facebook- Hindustan Times

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New British spy chief's wife leaves him exposed on Facebook- Hindustan Times

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Disabled soldier rides all over country

Prabhjit Singh, an ex-soldier on an all-India cycling tour with an inspiring message “Nothing is Impossible”.

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First Published : 01 Jul 2009 08:04:59 AM IST

Last Updated : 01 Jul 2009 09:22:43 AM IST

BANGALORE: Prabhjit Singh, an ex-soldier of the Indian Army is on an all-India cycling expedition with an inspiring message “Nothing is Impossible”.The soldier who lost his left arm and foot in an accident is on a nation wide tour to spread the message of brotherhood and inspire people to overcome difficult circumstances through will power.The Army at the Madras Engineering Group & Centre felicitated the ex-soldier.Brigadier RN Mittal, Commandant MEG & Centre commended the soldier for his adventurous spirit, courage and inspiring message.A resident of Ambala in Haryana, Prabhjit Singh joined the Indian army in 1984 and was commissioned in the J & K Rifles but could serve only for five years due to a railway accident where he lost his left arm and foot.Aged 41, he began this journey on January 19 this year and has been through 18 states till now. He plans to go to Tamil Nadu from here. He has already cycled 9546 km, cycling for 939 hours over 65 days.Speaking to reporters he said that though it has been a hard and arduous journey for him through difficult terrains and weather, he intends to show that despite being physically challenged, with grit and determination one could achieve anything.

Army celebrates 10th year of recapture of Tiger Hill- Hindustan Times

Army celebrates 10th year of recapture of Tiger Hill- Hindustan Times

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Autopsy shows Ranbir shot from close range; family demands CBI probe- Hindustan Times

Autopsy shows Ranbir shot from close range; family demands CBI probe- Hindustan Times

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Saturday, July 4, 2009

Gay sex should not be legalised at any cost: Lalu

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Thursday, July 2, 2009

India gay sex ruling could set precedent: United Nations- Hindustan Times

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Delhi High Court decriminalises homosexuality- Hindustan Times

Delhi High Court decriminalises homosexuality- Hindustan Times

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Threat by major’s wife to sue Army

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Threat by major’s wife to sue Army

Asit Jolly

Chandigarh

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http://www.asianage.com/presentation/leftnavigation/news/top-story/threat-by-major%E2%80%99s-wife-to-sue-army.aspx

July 1: A young major’s wife has threatened legal action against the Indian Army after her husband’s commanding officer "spoiled" his annual confidential report after she refused to do any work for the Army Wives Welfare Association.

Issuing notice to the Army authorities, Ms Savneet Paul said Col. D.S. Loomba made adverse remarks in the ACR of her husband, Maj. P.S. Paul, after she refused to join in the AWWA’s activities as desired by the CO’s wife.

Maj. Paul is currently posted with a Rashtriya Rifles unit in Jammu and Kashmir. His "below average" ACR pertains to his earlier posting with 67 Engineers Regiment, where Col. Loomba was in command.

The CO, unusually, chose to assess the couple rather than the officer in the ACR. His report on the major reads: "On the social front, including AWWA activities, the couple’s performance was found to be below average."

Ms Paul insists the CO had "no business" to evaluate her in any manner whatsoever as she is not serving in the Army.

Her lawyers claim that besides recording adverse remarks in the ACR, the CO and his wife allegedly ordered others in the unit to boycott the major and his wife as well as consistently denied them all regimental help.

Advocate Guneet Chaudhary said this was despite the fact that Ms Paul was pregnant at the time and could not possibly have followed Ms Loomba’s orders.

The legal notice, copies of which have been sent to the military secretary’s branch at Army Headquarters and the chief of staff of Central Command, Lt. Gen. Gautam Banerjee, alleges that the CO and his wife routinely forced junior officers’ wives to work for AWWA, which officially has the status of an NGO and is not part of the ministry of defence establishment.

"The Army authorities have acknowledged this in court," said Mr Chaudhary. "But contrary to what they swear under oath, the AWWA has become a parallel hierarchical organisation that is used to promote sycophancy in the Army. Many junior officers’ wives face similar harassment, but most of them do not complain for fear of action against their husbands."

The lawyer, who has led other legal petitions pertaining to the AWWA, said: "It is unacceptable that any commanding officer should base his appraisal on couples, when only one spouse serves in the Army."

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